Red Date and Dried Mushroom Soup
A traditional Zhejiang steamed nourishing soup that invigorates qi and stimulates appetite.
Ingredients
Red dates (washed, pitted)
15
Dried winter mushrooms (washed, sand removed)
15
Ginger (sliced)
to taste
Cooked peanut oil
a pinch
Cooking wine
to taste
Salt
to taste
MSG
to taste
Instructions
1
Preparing Ingredients
First wash the dried winter mushrooms to remove any sand; wash the red dates and remove the pits.
2
Steaming
Place the water, winter mushrooms, red dates, salt, MSG, cooking wine, ginger slices, and a pinch of cooked peanut oil together into a steaming bowl, cover tightly, steam over a steamer for 60–90 minutes, and serve once removed from the steamer.
